Mexico City
At Mexico City’s Material and Salón Acme fairs, artists go out on a limb
The long-running satellite fairs—which champion experimental, emerging and artist-run spaces—abound with adventurous works, tactile materials and body parts
Nuevo museo traza la plural herencia muralista de México
El Museo Vivo del Muralismo se encuentra en la antigua sede de la Secretaría de Educación en el Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México
Julieta Aranda: '¿Cuál es el tiempo de soñar?'
La exposición de la artista nacida en la Ciudad de México en el Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo examina sus proyectos relacionados con el tiempo y el trabajo
Julieta Aranda: ‘What is the time of dreaming?’
The Mexico City-born artist’s show at Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo surveys her projects related to time and labour
New museum in Mexico’s capital chronicles the country’s rich mural heritage
Museo Vivo del Muralismo includes works by greats such as Diego Rivera in a building that is a Unesco World Heritage Site
Tariff anxieties are no match for buoyant mood at Mexico City’s Zona Maco
The fair’s VIP preview saw a rush of collectors and museum groups, many sales and little hand-wringing over a possible Mexico-US trade war
Ciudad de México destaca el talento artístico de Veracruz
Los artistas del estado costero son el tema de una sección especial en el Salón Acme, y el Muac alberga una retrospectiva dedicada a uno de sus predecesores
Gabriel Orozco: ‘Trabajo a nivel internacional pero siempre manteniendo lazos con mi país’
Uno de los artistas contemporáneos más influyentes de México reflexiona sobre su legado con motivo de la extensa exposición de su trabajo en el Museo Jumex
Mexico City shines spotlight on Veracruz’s artistic talent
Artists from the coastal state are the subject of a special section at Salón Acme, while Muac hosts a retrospective devoted to an influential predecessor
Lucía Sanromán, la nueva curadora en jefe del Muac de la Ciudad de México, tiene una visión de un museo más socialmente responsable
Sanromán tiene una ambiciosa misión para el Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo que incluye reparar su fracturada relación con la comunidad local
Lucía Sanromán, the new chief curator of Mexico City's Muac, has a vision for a more socially engaged museum
Sanromán has an ambitious agenda for the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo that includes repairing its fractured relationship with the local community
Former art dealer Jaime Gorozpe shares his collecting philosophy, and his favourite places to eat and see art in Mexico City
The collector and luxury travel company executive warns visitors to Mexico City that they must plan ahead—and not be over ambitious in how much of the sprawling city they can cover in a day
Jaime Gorozpe comparte su filosofía de coleccionismo y sus lugares favoritos para comer y ver arte en la Ciudad de México
El coleccionista advierte a los visitantes de la Ciudad de México que deben planificar con anticipación y no ser demasiado ambiciosos en cuanto a qué parte de la extensa ciudad pueden cubrir en un día
Unique Design X, la nueva feria de arte en la Ciudad de México, regresa por segundo año consecutivo
La feria itinerante también ha sido escenario de ediciones en Shanghái, París, Miami y Savannah
Unique Design X, Mexico City's newest art fair, returns for second edition
The nomadic fair has also held editions in Shanghai, Paris, Miami and Savannah
Exposiciones para ver en la Ciudad de México durante la Zona Maco
Las mejores exposiciones, desde pintura y escultura hasta videoarte, de las principales instituciones y galerías comerciales durante la feria
Shows to see around Mexico City during Zona Maco
The best exhibitions, from painting and sculpture to video art, from major institutions and commercial galleries during the fair
Algo para todos en Zona Maco
Desde artistas emergentes hasta arte moderno y antigüedades, pasando por diseño y fotografía, cerca de 220 expositores abarcan prácticamente todas las categorías de colección
Mexico City's Zona Maco fair offers something for everyone
From emerging artists to Modern art and antiquities, by way of design and photography, around 220 exhibitors span seemingly every collecting category
El escenario artísico de la Ciudad de México mira hacia el futuro
A pesar de los recortes, la amenaza de aranceles y la gentrificación, nuevas voces le dan vida a la vibrante mezcla de museos y galerías en la capital
As US tariffs loom, Mexico City's art scene looks to the future
Despite funding cuts and gentrification, new voices invigorate the capital’s thriving mix of museums and galleries
Polychrome 17th-century statue that was stolen from a church in 2007 is returned to Mexico
The artefact had been recovered from a US gallery in 2017, but since then its status was a mystery
The limits of transnational women’s solidarity in Mexico City’s art scene
Recent episodes of censorship at two of the city’s leading art museums have laid bare the rifts between artists, institutions and their publics
Leonora Carrington’s Mexico City home will no longer become a public museum
The house will be a research centre instead, allegedly due to a labour struggle at the university that owns it
Frida Kahlo museum clarifies that Madonna did not visit and try on the artist's clothes
Madonna may have tried on Kahlo's clothes during a previous visit to her family home
Collector Eugenio López Alonso on his museum’s tenth anniversary and Mexico City’s rising profile in the art world
Visitors to the city during Zona Maco can also take in Museo Jumex’s anniversary group show, curated by New Museum director Lisa Philips
How Mexico City’s art scene and its biggest fair, Zona Maco, have grown over 20 years
The biggest art fair in Latin America is marking a significant milestone while showcasing the booming local scene
Outcry over Mexico City’s plan to replace guerrilla ‘anti-monument’ to victims of gender violence with replica of pre-hispanic statue
After an earlier plan for a new sculpture by artist Pedro Reyes was roundly rejected, the municipal government said it had received activists’ blessing to replace the protest monument that stood in its place
Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija on honouring Mexican pottery traditions—and the intoxicating inspiration of psychoactive drinks
An exhibition in Mexico City explores the artist’s years-long investigation of Oaxacan vessels made for the consumption of mezcal and pulque
The smoocher’s guide to repatriation: a Mexican artist is using his tongue to draw attention to looting of his country’s heritage
Following a string of auction sales of ancient artefacts from Mexico, artist Pepx Romero is taking measures into his own lips